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Subsidized campus childcare was hard-won and remains very effective, while budget cuts and the privatization of childcare threaten centers across the country.
Labor unions have been on the decline for sixty years in the U.S., though they raise wages, decrease inequality, and give voice to workers. Can they rise again?
Conventional research in organizational theory highlights the role of board interlocks in facilitating business collective action. In this article, I propose that business collective action affects the evolutionary path of interlock networks. In particular, large market players' response after a collective action to the classic problem of the "exploitation" of the great by the small provides a mechanism for interlocks to evolve.
Community reactions against organizations can be driven by negative information spread through a diffusion process that is distinct from the diffusion of organizational practices. Bank panics offer a classic example of selective diffusion of negative information. Bank panics involve widespread bank runs, although a low proportion of banks experience a run. We develop theory on how organizational similarity, community similarity, and network proximity create selective diffusion paths for resistance against organizations.
Do police treat religious-based protest events differently than secular ones? Drawing on data from more than 15,000 protest events in the United States (1960 to 1995) and using quantitative methods, we find that law enforcement agents were less likely to show up at protests when general religious actors, actions, or organizations were present. Rather than reflecting privileged legitimacy, we find that this protective effect is explained by religious protesters' use of less threatening tactics at events.
American Indians experience forms of domination and resist them through a wide range of decolonizing processes that are commonly overlooked, misidentified, or minimally analyzed by American sociology. This inattention reflects the naturalizing use of minoritizing frameworks regarding tribal members and ethnic rather than political conceptions of American Indian nationhood, membership, and identity.
This address explores a broad framework for thinking sociologically about emancipatory alternatives to dominant institutions and social structures, especially capitalism. The framework is grounded in two foundational propositions: (1) Many forms of human suffering and many deficits in human flourishing are the result of existing institutions and social structures. (2) Transforming existing institutions and social structures in the right way has the potential to substantially reduce human suffering and expand the possibilities for human flourishing.
Social movement researchers argue that tactical innovation occurs as a response to changes external to movements, such as police repression and shifts in political authority, or is due to internal movement processes, such as the characteristics of movement organizations and actors. In this study, we locate the roots of tactical innovation in the multiplicity of movement claims articulated at protest events.


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It was quite an experience to sit down with "The" Brian Kendrick and the "Intrepid Traveler" Paul London for their first ever shoot interview. They talk at great length about their careers with insight into the inner-workings of Ring of Honor, Zero One, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, UPW and other top independent promotions they worked their way through en route to WWE.
This interview is also an inside look at the politics and policies faced by two rebellious young wrestlers trying to make their mark in the business the love. They talk at great length about the challenges they've faced, obstacles they've had to overcome and give shocking never before heard insight into the inner-workings of WWE.
When was the last time, according to Shane McMahon, that he truly cared about a tag-team? And how does it feel to hear that knowing you're currently one-half of the WWE Tag-Team Champions?! How hard is it for a free spirit to fit into the locker room? How deep are the political games? Who does favors for whom? And just what does someone have to do to get the push from the office? These are just some of the issues addressed fearlessly by London and Kendrick in what might be the most open shoot interview ever conducted by Highspots.
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After announcing last month that he was leaving Memphis, Antonio Barton said he thought Maryland "would be a good fit" in order to finish his college basketball career.
After meeting with Terps coach Mark Turgeon and members of the team on a trip to College Park earlier this month, the 6-foot-2 point guard said the visit "went tremendous."
But that was before Tennessee, after dismissing junior point guard Trae Golden from the team, became involved in recruiting Barton.
Hours after his older brother Will tweeted Barton's plans to play for the Volunteers, the former Lake Clifton standout told the Associated Press on Sunday that he had chosen to play his senior year in Knoxville for the Tigers' in-state rivals.
"I'm so excited," said Barton, who had two of his best games playing against the Volunteers as a junior, scoring a career-high 21 points in an overtime win in the Maui Invitational and 19 points in a game later that season. "I'm just ready to get started as quick as possible. At the end of the day, I have to do what's best for me."
Efforts by The Baltimore Sun to reach Barton on Sunday were unsuccessful.
Barton left Memphis after three years because his playing time dropped from nearly 25 minutes a game as a freshman to less than 17 minutes a game last season, and his scoring dropped from a career-high 8.2 points a game his first year to 5.6 points a game last season. Barton's decision to leave Memphis came when fellow junior Joe Jackson announced he was returning for his senior year.
At the time that he announced he was leaving Memphis, Barton said playing time would be the most important factor in where he would go. In his interview with the Associated Press, Barton indicated that playing time was not the only factor in his decision.
"Tennessee had the best chance of me coming in and winning – not only playing right away – but they have all the pieces from shooting guard to small forward to even guys coming off the bench and the coaching staff," Barton said.
The Volunteers finished 20-13 and lost in the opening round of the NIT last season to Mercer at home.
Barton will be able to play right way because he is expected to graduate this summer from Memphis.
Tennessee officials could not confirm Barton was transferring until the paperwork was completed, the Associated Press reported. Barton did not inform Maryland coaches of his plans, according to a source close to Turgeon.
With Barton out of the picture, Maryland can continue looking for a player who fits his profile – one with big-game experience who will be eligible to play next season. There are a few who will have immediate eligibility, but none currently that played in a high-profile program such as Memphis.
If Maryland decides not to pursue another point guard, it appears that Turgeon will go with a combination of rising sophomore Seth Allen and incoming freshman Roddy Peters of Suitland at the position.
Allen, who averaged 7.6 points in 22 minutes as a starter and reserve, was obviously paying attention to Barton's decision.
"You gotta ask yourself who gunna be here in the long run," Allen tweeted Sunday morning.


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When the war began, Barton was a painfully shy clerk in the Patent Office in Washington. Ignoring orders directing women nurses to stay safely in Washington, Barton...showed up on the field at nearly every major engagement in the eastern theater, beginning with the Second Battle of Bull Run in August 1862. With no medical training, Barton was resourceful and fearless, combing the battlefield alongside army surgeons looking for survivors, performing triage under fire and helping evacuate the wounded. Barton wisely stayed out of Washington, coming in only to take on supplies before returning to the field. And Barton remained in the field long after the war was over, identifying missing soldiers and marking the graves of the dead at Andersonville.The American Red Cross biography of its founder takes her speaking as a matter of course:
Barton had a talent for words. Ready to spell three-syllable words when she started school at the age of four, she wrote voluminously throughout her life, often daily. She was also a highly skilled speaker. Veterans attending her lectures were often moved to tears as she vividly described battlefield scenes from her Civil War days.Shy or skilled as a speaker, Barton's speaking career took off after the war ended. In 1866, she gave this stunning testimony of her visit to the infamous Andersonville war prison before the U.S. Congress. Barton worked with former prisoners of war there to identify close to 13,000 men who died in Andersonville and their burial places. Her testimony described how freed blacks were treated there. Of a pregnant black woman who had been deemed to fall short of her task, Barton testified:
...She had been bucked and gagged.
Question. Describe the process.
Answer. The person is seated upon the ground, the knees drawn up, the hands put under the knees, and a stick run through over the arms and under the knees, the hands being tied in front; that makes them utterly immovable ; then there is a gag put in the mouth and tied at the back of the head--this woman had been treated in that way--then the overseer had come behind her, kicked her on the back, and thrown her over. She had been stripped in the mean time, for they never whip the negro with the clothes on ; she was thrown on her face, and lashed on her back, so that, when her husband found her, he said she was a gore of blood, and she must have been ; she had been untied, and was lying there as she had been left.Her main task was to describe the prison and conditions there, as an eyewitness. Of the prison enclosure, she said:
It is a stockade formed of pine trees twenty feet long, and from a foot to a foot and a half through, set five or six feet in the ground, close together, and pointed at the top.
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Question. What was the area of the enclosure?
Answer. From twenty-five to twenty-seven acres, more or less. It had been much less at one time. It was originally only eleven acres. They had got some thirty thousand men within that eleven acres. But they found it impossible, as prisoners were constantly sent there, to keep them in that space, and the stockade was increased to the size that they called twenty-seven acres. I had it measured while I was there, and I made it some twenty-five or twenty-six acres.
Question. Do you know how many prisoners they had there at any one time during the war?
Answer. From thirty to thirty-four thousand.In the years following this testimony, Barton gave more than 200 lectures about her Civil War service. The National Park Service notes that she "shared platforms with other prominent figures including Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Lloyd Garrison, and Mark Twain. She often earned $75 to $100 per lecture." Here's what you can learn from her testimony and speaking:
- Willingness to speak provides a moving--and important--record: I started this post looking for speeches by Florence Nightingale, the European nurse whose career presaged Barton's--but Nightingale preferred a behind-the-scenes role and disapproved of women speaking in public. In contrast, Barton's eventual willingness to testify publicly and to give lectures helped give important witness to the war's atrocities that has long outlived her.
- Shared experience moves audiences: Barton's ability to plainly describe what she saw on the battlefields helped post-war audiences learn what really happened and reinforced for veterans what they had seen for themselves in real terms. Her words had an extra excitement, since she spoke as one of only a few women who'd witnessed these atrocities.
- Witnessing can trump discomfort: Barton didn't flinch from harsh descriptions of what she had seen, when called on to testify--and those descriptions are hard to read even today. That role was even more important in an age without the 24/7 news media coverage we have access to today.
- Your observations can make for compelling speaking: The awful scenes Barton describes are still riveting because of their simplicity and honesty. No one can speak for you, and if you're the main witness to a terrible experience, no matter how gorey, that unique perspective will hold your listeners' attention as no other talk will.
You can read more about Barton in Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War. What do you think of Barton's testimony? Share your thoughts in the comments. (Affiliate link)
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As residents start to comprehend the scope of disaster in Oklahoma, crisis-trained chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team are on the ground, prepared to minister to the emotional and spiritual needs of those whose world has been forever changed.
"Pictures don't do justice to what's going on in the hearts of the people there," said Jack Munday, international director of the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team.
"Our hearts are breaking for all those in the path of this horrific tornado. Our entire organization is praying for them."
Two chaplain coordinators arrived Monday night around sunset — reporting the scene from the 200-mph tornado as "carnage — like everything has been through a blender." Six more chaplains arrived this morning with another 10 or so on standby, bags packed.
"Our purpose is really just a ministry of presence," Munday said. "Sometimes it's just giving them a bottle of water. Or maybe listen to them for hours. It's a very difficult situation."
"You can see the damage, as far as the eye can see," said chaplain coordinator Carolin Perez, who along with husband Desi reside in Oklahoma. "There are huge buildings with half the building just gone. There was a shopping center where it looked like the tornado peeled up the concrete."
The need is severe, but logistics will determine how many and how quickly BGEA will be able to deploy its network of chaplains who are — in a sense — always on standby in 48 states.
The goal is to not be an added burden on the Moore and Shawnee communities, but to simply be available to pray with those affected, give them a shoulder to cry on or just listen to their story.
"Our role is to be supportive to the families and the churches there," Munday said. "The streets are blocked so we're working on the perimeter."
The Oklahoma deployment comes on the heels of major storm damage in Granbury, Texas, where BGEA chaplains are also ministering. The May 16 storm killed at least six people and destroyed more than 200 homes and more than 50 businesses.
The death toll and damage reports are still uncertain in the Moore, Okla., area, which was hammered by a record 318-mph tornado some 14 years ago. Samaritan's Purse, which is also deploying to this disaster, helped meet the physical needs for three months in 1999.
"We will have a significant number of chaplains there in the next 36 to 48 hours," Munday said. "It will be a long, long recovery."
Launched after 9/11, the Rapid Response Team has responded to more than 155 natural and man-made disasters since 2002.
While the Katrina hurricane (2005) and Haiti earthquake (2010) have been two of the longest deployments, recent disasters like the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion have increased the need for chaplains with emergency response experience.
Munday said that about a third of the chaplain network — more than 1,100 nationwide — have a background in emergency response and those will be the first responders to Moore, Okla., and the surrounding areas.
"Please pray continuously for all those who lost loved ones," Munday said, "and for those who may still be trapped amidst the rubble."


text: Drexel Engineering Professors Developing Monitoring Techniques in Evaluation of WVa Bridges August 21, 2007 Drexel University engineers are researching methods to establish the safe load capacity of aging concrete bridges.The research of A. Emin Aktan, John Roebling Professor of Infrastructure Studies at Drexel University, and Dr. Franklin L. Moon, assistant professor in the College of Engineering's Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, is part of a Federal Highway Administration-funded project that will continue for six years. Their findings could lead to the development of evaluation equipment that might help prevent tragedies such as the Minneapolis bridge collapse.Aktan, Moon and their students recently evaluated two bridges in West Virginia using tests of truck loads to characterize the behavior and estimate the present and future weight capacities of bridges in West Virginia's Coal Resource Transportation System (CRTS). The CRTS comprises more than 600 reinforced concrete bridges, some up to 100 years old. To help maintain bridges, the state designed the CRTS to keep coal trucks weighing more than the legal limit off certain roads.About 100 bridges in the CRTS can accommodate less weight than the allowable CRTS loads. Because of the large number of CRTS bridges, conducting load tests of each bridge is cost-prohibitive. The Drexel engineers therefore also used an off-the-shelf, wireless data-acquisition system and falling-weight deflectometer to determine their effectiveness in producing rapid and cost-effective findings.Also involved in inspections of the Tacony-Palmyra and Burlington-Bristol bridges in New Jersey following the Minneapolis tragedy, Aktan and Moon will return to West Virginia next month to re-evaluate one bridge and evaluate another.The lack of documentation for the aging bridges presents a challenge for the Drexel engineers in collecting adequate information about the bridges' materials and reinforcement properties. The challenges Aktan and Moon face are formidable but not unique: Thirty percent of U.S. bridges lack critical documentation.Aktan and Moon say the wireless system is not reliable to be used during load testing but encourage the development of this technology because it could offer time and cost savings for bridge evaluators. They say the falling-weight deflectometer, which drops weights onto a grid marked on a bridge, could be transformed into a useful tool to complement visual inspections, the common practice of determining bridge safety.Aktan and Moon determined that the load carrying capacities of the bridges they evaluated exceed the demands of established CRTS loads. They recommend, however, that the bridges' foundations be inspected annually and that the development of a prototype falling-weight deflectometer be given top priority to expedite testing the great number of CRTS bridges.###News media contact: Brian Rossiter, Drexel News Bureau 215-895-2705, 267-228-5599 (cell) or firstname.lastname@example.com Topical Tags: news release Share Related


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Here we are in the holidays and wow -- what madness! There are really too many to get in before the holidays are over, but we'll try! . . . Mark Johnson even Retouches Santa, right before your very eyes! Plus others that just about drive you mad . . .
* Colorization: Kate Beckinsale by purplink
* Rachel McAdams Colorization
* Hugo Ceneviva puts Santa in ad
Shakira Colorization
* Holiday Wreath Font
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Mark Johnson Retouches Santa
Mark shares some pretty good tips and tricks for retouching this photo -- using the "warp" function
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Hugo Ceneviva puts Santa in ad
Hugo Ceneviva is the Senior Visual Artist for Elevendy Inc - Roseville CA, USA, but you can find him in Campinas, Brazil
I think Ad Week has the same web designer as Behance.
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House GOP Abandons Its Proposal
In Senate, Reid and McConnell Resume Their Talks
WASHINGTON—Last-minute protests from conservatives in the House created a day of delay and confusion in Congress's efforts to avoid a U.S. debt default, as Republican leaders failed to craft a GOP budget proposal that could muster enough votes to pass.
In an embarrassing retreat for House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), House leaders had to cancel plans to bring a GOP bill to the floor for a vote Tuesday night.
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It's no secret that I love coated lumbers. I use them whenever I can on any job. They deliver benefits that meet environmental and safety standards that are important — to me, homeowners, builders and industry pros. Is it above code? Yes. Is it unnecessary? Not in my world.
Building to minimum code is just that — minimum. It's the least possible you need to do to construct a home that's safe to live in. But that's it. That's where it ends.
And how safe is too safe? What's minimum safety anyway? These things change all the time. It wasn't until 2004 that it became code to have a GFCI outlet in the kitchen — and they've been in bathrooms since 1984. It took twenty years for the rules to come full circle and prevent people from getting shocked if they plugged in something in the kitchen after washing dishes.
Any good contractor knows that if you can build better, you do. That's taking into consideration what the homeowners want too. And the truth is the industry is always changing, developing new products, new materials and new technology. Some are good, some are bad. But at the end of the day these new products are being developed because there's a need for them. They can be environmental needs, safety needs, health needs ... you name it.
So someone might say, "Mike, you're going overboard"—and they do all the time. But for me it's about addressing these needs. I'm not making them up. The people I talk to and deal with every day care about fire resistance; protection against things like moisture and mould, insect damage, termites. Who wouldn't care about these things when it comes to their home?
That's where coated lumbers come in.
There are different types of coated lumbers. They each provide different forms of protection depending on their coating. Some resist uncontrolled moisture absorption, mould growth, rot and wood-ingesting insects, like termites. While another type might be resistant to mould and rot fungus and be a fire retardant, but not provide protection against termites. You need to know what you're getting.
Coatings that have a fire retardant swell when exposed to fire, which insulates the wood from heat. This gives you and your family more time to get out of a burning house. Mould resistance means a healthier home. There are benefits across the board.
Get the right coverage
The most important thing to know when choosing coated lumber is the environment it will be in. For example, if the job is finishing a basement then getting a coated lumber that protects against mould should be your top priority. Basements are damp — perfect environments for mould growth. All you need is the right organic food source — like drywall, wood, paper or carpet — the right temperature and moisture, and you've got mould.
You also have the option of getting whatever type of lumber you want and then getting it coated with a treatment that provides the protection your home needs. But if you go this route, know that any area of the lumber without the coating is unprotected. Getting the proper coverage is key. Manufacturers know how to do this right; they are trained pros.
But if you want to give it a try make sure you follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Let's say all the sides of a two-by-four have a protective coating that is supposed to stop termites from eating the lumber. If the ends of the two-by-four aren't coated, termites will enter through this weak spot and start chewing up the lumber.
And just because wood is coated doesn't mean it's good. Cheap wood that's coated is still cheap. Make sure you have the right quality of wood for the job first. Then make sure the coating provides the right protection for your home's environment.
If there aren't any termites where you live then you don't need a coated lumber that protects against them. In that case it might be worth swapping termite resistance for a fire retardant. And ask how long the coating lasts. Do they have a lifetime guarantee or a 25-year guarantee? This can give you an idea of the value you're investing in your home.
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Over the last few years, a curious phenomenon has arisen in the world of online commerce: it seems that people tend to buy things during evening hours, right around when they're also unwinding after work with a glass or entire bottle of wine. While you may have thought it your own mildly embarrassing secret vice, getting drunk and buying dumb crap online is more common than you might think, and online retailers are taking notice.
Don't expect to see billboards encouraging the imbibed to spend just yet, though; retailers don't want to be seen as encouraging drunk people to act irresponsibly. Instead, the Times reports that in response to the "Shop Till You Vom" trend that's alive and well among America's lushes, stores are making it easier for the drunken masses to make regrettable purchasing decisions in their online marketplaces. From one click buying to phone apps to special late night sales, everyone from Gilt to Neiman Marcus to eBay is adjusting to our collective drink n' buy habit.
Retailers aren't alarmed by what could actually be a very sad cry for help; if you ask them, spending money in a futile attempt to attain happiness for a fleeting instant is... fun!
"Post-bar, inhibitions can be impacted, and that can cause shopping, and hopefully healthy impulse buying," said Andy Page, the president of Gilt Groupe, an online retailer that is adding more sales starting at 9 p.m. to respond to high traffic then - perhaps some of it by shoppers under the influence.
On the other hand, barring a drinking problem or ensuing financial hardship, drunken shopping can be a welcome break from the drudgery of everyday life. I went through a strong phase in mid-2010 when I was working for a bank and hated it, but loved after work drinking followed by a happy session browsing a website that sold gently used DVDs. The following week, I'd always be surprised and delighted by my drunken self's good taste. Field of Dreams! Lola Rennt! The Birdcage! All three Indiana Jones films! Eventually, though, I ran out of movies that I cared to own. Some purchases aren't such good uses of resources, either; just ask the guy the Times interviewed who sloppily bought a $10,000 motorcycle tour of New Zealand, or the ex boyfriend of many moons ago who once purchased Billy Joel's entire catalog while under the influence.
The spendy and the drunk prefer online shopping because liquid courage doesn't translate so well to the brick-and-mortar of traditional stores. While stumbling into Target after three martinis can lead to embarrassment and possibly arrest, the same can't be said for typing a-m-a-z-o-n dot c-o-m one very carefully pecked keystroke at a time. And experts warn that drunken shopping can lead to overspending, which can lead to being broke, which can lead to feeling more depressed. Just ask the half dozen or so VHS tapes of the low budget 1988 version of The Chronicles of Narnia that appeared on my desk one unexpected weekday in 2009. My VCR doesn't even work.


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The script for Glen Perkins hasn't always gone so smoothly. Sure, there have been hiccups. Life is never perfect.
Rare, though, are the occurrences in sports that come together as marvelously as this for the Minnesota closer: taking the mound for the American League All-Star team and pitching a 1-2-3 ninth inning in front of his roaring, adoring home fans.
When Perkins jogged out of the bullpen on Tuesday night at Target Field, he was taken aback by how loud the crowd became.
"I wasn't fighting back tears, but it was an overwhelming moment to hear," Perkins said. "It was a moment like that where you realize why you play the game and what makes the game so fun, and it's the fans in the stands."
His All-Star status and salary of more than $4 million this season put him in the societal elite, but in many ways Perkins is a lot alike many of those fans in the stands.
He grew up in a Twin Cities suburb, Stillwater, and lives year-round in Minnesota, a rarity for Twins players. Boating and fishing are two of his favorite pastimes. He's regularly on social media, with a sharp sense of humor and down-to-earth perspective that further endear him to the masses.
Minutes after finishing one of his shakiest saves of the season, at Milwaukee last month, Perkins posted on Twitter: "I just did my best Ron Davis impression," alluding to the Twins closer of the mid-1980s prone to wild pitches and blown leads.
Perkins has proven to be far more effective than Davis, though, putting himself on track to approach Joe Nathan franchise-leading all-time saves total. At age 31, under contract through at least 2017, Perkins isn't going anywhere. The Twins have an option on his deal for 2018 that would be a market bargain at $6.5 million if he stays healthy and productive.
Perkins was the one who approached the front office during spring training about an extension, willing to take a contract that could've been richer. He started the year as the 17th-highest paid closer in the majors.
That's fine by him. Becoming an All-Star for his hometown Twins has been beyond his grandest goals.
"Hearing how loud the fans were, it makes me want to get to the playoffs," said Perkins, who made one appearance in the 2006 first-round series as a rookie but wasn't on the postseason roster in either 2009 or 2010.
The Twins went 5-2 on their road trip before the All-Star break and have generally been more competent and competitive than their last three teams that each lost 96 games or more.
Still, they're 10 1-2 games out of first place. Their starting pitchers, despite progress by Kyle Gibson and the upgrade with Phil Hughes, have a 4.86 ERA, the third-worst mark in the majors.
Veterans on expiring contracts like Suzuki, left fielder Josh Willingham and starting pitcher Kevin Correia could be traded in the coming weeks. The players, of course, are opposed.
"I know how the business side of it is, the long-term stuff," second baseman Brian Dozier said. "But it's our job to make those decisions hard for them. To be honest with you, I want to contend. I believe we can. We've got the people to do it. I'm not saying we don't need a couple of extra pieces, but I think we're going to be just fine. We just have to get on a roll."
The Twins start their post-break schedule with 10 straight games at Target Field. Manager Ron Gardenhire joked last week about being home enough to actually help his wife, Carol, mow the lawn.
Danny Santana will come off the disabled list Friday, and ideally Joe Mauer will join him soon after. Perhaps prospects Trevor May or Alex Meyer will get a promotion from Triple-A to boost the rotation.
"We think if we can get healthy and pitching again, that's pretty good. We still have to find some consistency there. Our offense, I think that will come if we get all the pieces back we hope for," Gardenhire said.
One place the manager isn't worried about is the back of the bullpen. Perkins has that taken care of.
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More country Christmas goodness, this time from Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys. Thompson had one of the best bands in the business, and they shine on these seasonal favourites. Although these mp3s are sourced from re-issue CDs, I have included scans of the original jacket.
1. White Christmas
2. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
3. I'd Like To Have An Elephant For Christmas
4. Gonna Wrap My Heart In Ribbons
5. Blue Christmas
6. Mr. & Mrs. Snowman
7. It's Christmas Time
8. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
9. Silver Bells
10. Here Comes Santa Claus
11. Little Christmas Angel
12. It's Christmas Every Day In Alaska
13. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
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Pink has had it up to here with the party-pooping "parenting police."
The pop star gave trolls a taste of their own medicine this week when she shared yet another photo of her children, much to the displeasure of her notorious mom-shamers. On Wednesday (July 10),the "Glitter in the Air" musician took to Facebook with an image of her 8-year-old daughter, Willow, running through sprinklers with a friend on a hot sunny day.
"Here's a picture of my child running through water. It wasn't even filtered. What a waste of water," Pink wrote in the caption, before poking fun at the cautionary comments to come. "And no helmet? I hope she had sunscreen. If she slips and falls she may be traumatized for life."
Worst of all, the singer jokingly admits she "wasn't even there," quipping, "I was..... gasp.... working!!!! In another country!" Oh no!
If you've been following Pink's posts on social media, you know some fans have been critical of her parenting skills — and the mother of two has firmly put them in their place each time. It was actually just yesterday the songstress was shamed again for bringing her son Jameson to the zoo, and months prior for sharing a shot that seemingly showed the 2-year-old without a diaper.
The latter controversy, the 37-year-old admitted on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in April, caused her to refrain from showing her kids on social media. "People went as far as saying, 'Someone should call Child Services,'" she recalled. "I cried so hard after that because I like to share my family. ... I'm prouder of my kids than anything I've ever done and I just won't share them anymore. I won't do it."
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I want to say thank you. The response I've had to the idea has gone beyond what I ever imagined for it. The project has truly become what I had hoped for but did not imagine exactly possible. When I think about the response, the show, and contributing artists involvement and the level of jaw dropping work, it's really nothing more than a testament to just how bad people love Maurice Sendak.
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My goal all along for TYE was to honor the book and express my love for it in pictures because I just couldn't do it with words, no matter how hard I tried. I've been humbled by the response of so many incredibly hard working, gifted artists.
Putting together Terrible Yellow Eyes has been the fulfillment of a years long desire to do something more than just enjoy Where the Wild Things Are. Maurice Sendak has influenced me and countless others so profoundly, so completely altering the face of what a children's book is and what the medium can be, it seems the only thing we could have ever done was to just celebrate it.
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Hostess Brands, the company better known as the maker of Butternut, Ding Dongs, Dolly Madison, Drake's, Home Pride, Ho Hos, Hostess, Merita, Nature's Pride, and of course Wonder Bread and Twinkies, and which previously survived one multi-year Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, when it operated as Interstate Bakeries, has just made a splash at the NY Southern Bankruptcy court, for the last time, with a liquidation filing. The reason: insurmountable (and unfundable) difference in the firm's collective bargaining agreements and pension obligations, which resulted in a crippling strike that basically shut down the company. In other words, Twinkies may well survive the nuclear apocalypse, but there was one weakest link: the company making them, was unable to survive empowered labor unions who thought they had all the negotiating leverage... until they led their bankrupt employer right off liquidation cliff. Will attention now turn to that another broke government entity, the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp (PBGC), which will have to step in to resuscitate some 18,000 pension plans which suddenly vaporized after labor unions took their "negotiating" freedom a step too far.
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Beginning on October 21, 2012, the Debtors began implementing the modifications to the CBAs. On November 7, 2012, the Debtors began to receive strike notices from various local unions affiliated with the BCT. On November 8, 2012, the Debtors received a strike notice from the IUOE. Between November 9 and November 13, 2012, various local unions affiliated with the BCT commenced strikes at 12 of the Debtors' bakeries. At another 12 bakeries, picket lines were set up by striking BCT workers, and certain BCT and other unionized workers at those bakeries chose to honor the picket lines by not reporting for work. As a result, production was significantly disrupted at the 24 bakeries impacted by the Strikes; however, many of the impacted bakeries remained operational to varying degrees due to management filling in for production workers and, in some plants, high numbers of employees crossing picket lines.
Since the strikes (the "Strikes") were commenced, the Debtors have urged striking employees to return to work. Unfortunately, at this time, thousands of the Debtors' employees continue to participate in or honor the Strikes. As a result, a sufficient number of the Debtors' baking facilities have become inoperable, and the Debtors are no longer able to fulfill customer orders or sell product at their retail stores. Because of the material impairment of the Debtors' business operations, the Debtors will soon lose access to the funding necessary to operate their businesses, and the Debtors will have triggered certain remedial provisions of the final DIP Order. As a result, the Debtors are beginning to take steps to wind down their business operations, including the relief requested in this Motion.
In other words, the labor unions representing 18,000 workers fought the company, and the unions won... A very pyrrhic victory. Sadly, they are all now out of a job as the unionized victory just happened to lead to the terminal winddown of their employer.
As to the future of the iconic brands, fear not: Hostess' numerous brands will be bought in a stalking horse auction by willing private buyers, however completely free and clear of all legacy labor and pension agreements which ultimately led to the company's liquidation.
Now if only Hostess had raised taxes... (because they tried cutting spending, and liquidation followed).
Finally, those 18,500 new initial jobless claims next week? Sandy's fault.
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We are all collapsing.
Our bodies are collapsing, our possessions are collapsing, our loves are collapsing, our worlds are ultimately collapsing. The collapse is already present.
Either we want to see those breakdowns, or we can continue to live with ignorance – all under the delusions of grandeur, which make such disintegration worse. The questions do not relate so much to the collapse itself – but how we can handle such catastrophes and not suffer the consequences from our ongoing downfalls.
How many gloom and doom websites, like the Christian mad people screaming on the streets with placards, have proclaimed the imminent apocalypse of the System? Even after they have failed at their divination, many mad people have still predicted and prophesied the approximate date and time of the Great Destruction. Whether they have used the Book of the Apocalypse or any other mystical reading, they have continually adhered to their bizarre theories on the Ultimate Collapse.
We are currently inside of the collapse and it will only get worse. Like our own human lives of suffering, collapses are often evolutionary, historical processes, not revolutionary events. Yes, there are wars, invasions and deluges – but they often attack when the powerful least expect them. And so, after a certain, short period of severe suffering, everyone thus knows that the collapse has happened.
The next questions move towards the different types of future collapses. Will they become political, political-economic, political-economic-military, or even a political-social-cultural-economic-military, total and complete event, or will everything transform into a sudden meteor attack, alien destruction, or an EMP crash, or some other foreseeable monstrosity?
The future does seems desolate.
The collapse will first arrive from inside ourselves. The states around the world know this truth, This is the reason governments are stockpiling weapons and allowing the police forces to wreak havoc against us. We, the powerless subjected ones, fail to understand the truths of history.
Some armchair historians, or just the outspoken ones, like to harp on the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire as the true method of the collapse. Very few of them have actually read any parts from Edward Gibbon's tome, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. So, for the sake of history, and since I am an Anarchist Doctor Historian, I will write about how that collapse was a very specific one in world history, and how it is almost impossible to compare one particular historical collapse to another future collapse.
First, the Roman Empire did not collapse on September 4th, 476 AD, or 1540 years ago. The Roman Emperor was not living in Rome at the time, but in Ravenna, since the city of Rome had recently suffered destructive invasions from the Germanic non-aligned Roman armies, the Goths and the Vandals, first around the 410s, and later during the 450s.
Second, the Roman Empire was not one Empire, but two. There was a Western Roman Empire and an Eastern Roman Empire. The Eastern Roman Empire was the stronger one, which explains the move of the western capital from Rome to Ravenna, which was on the Adriatic Sea that faced the eastern empire.
The Eastern Roman Empire with its capital at Constantinople would seize the great mantle of Rome, and especially after the Conquests of Justinian about hundred years later, the 500s. The east then transcended into the great, universal, Christian, medieval Greek-speaking civilization, called Byzantium.
This Second Roman Empire would last another thousand years, until its final invasion and destruction through the Muslim Turk Advance in 1453 AD. The Turks would then grasp the great mantle of Rome through becoming the Sultanate of Rum of the Sublime Port of Istanbul, or the Ottoman Empire, until its own destruction after WWI in 1922 AD. Meanwhile, there were other European Empires that claimed the Roman mantle.
There was the so-called, Holy Roman Empire of the First German Reich, which also lasted a thousand years, from 800-1806 AD. Napoleon's French Empire dissolved the Germanic First Reich and created the German Confederation. The First Russian Empires under the Czar, beginning with the Czar, or Russian Caesar, Ivan III, proclaimed Muscovite Russia as The Third Rome, in the 1490s, which would later end in 1917 AD, when the Communist Bolsheviks seized power.
The Venetian Naval-Mercantile Empire, during its height of power in the 15th century, the 1400s, proclaimed itself La Serenissima, or The Serene Sublime Republic. The Catholic Popes of Rome during the height of their power during the Renaissance, 1450-1500 AD, through administering their own princely properties, The Papal States, self-anointed themselves the titles of Caesar declaring themselves the true heirs of Roman imperial domination.
The modern varieties of European imperialist empires also joined the auto-proclaimed, Neo-Roman Empire club. During the 1500s, the Spanish empire copied the Aurelian Roman cult of Sol Invictus, which was popular during the decade of the 270s AD. The Emperor Constantine used this god as one of his protectors, called the Conquering Sun God. The Spanish Habsburg kings stated that their empire was donde nunca se ponía el Sol, or where the Sun never sets. The British Empire around 1914 AD asserted the exact same imperial garbage. Britain's Children Crusade of WWI would put an end to that arrogance quickly.
The French Colonial Empire during the 1690s, under King Louis XIV, proclaimed himself, Le Roi Soleil, or the Sun King, since the French now controlled grand dominions in the Americas, such as Canada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Domingue and Louisianne, and this empire possessed colonial outpost cities along the coasts of West Africa and southeastern India. Three hundred years later, during the 1990s, Amerikan elite sociopaths began to compare themselves to the Roman Empire – after the downfall of the Soviet Russian system. Our entire Earth still suffers from such imperial madness.
So, if the Roman Empire did not fall on September 4th, 476 AD, what truly did happen during the Great Roman Imperial Collapse?
The correct historical answer was that the Western Roman Empire did fall – and then transformed itself into two major power blocs. The first power bloc represented the political-economic-military might of the Germano-Roman Generals and their armies, and the second one personified the Christian Bishop headquarter-cities and their religious mob armies. The ancient, major cities of the Roman world were Constantinople, Turkey; Rome, Italy; Antioch, Syria; and Alexandria, Egypt. Through the death of one system, the early medieval world had birthed another culture.
On September 4th, 476 AD, The German-Roman general Flavius Odoacer, stood before the last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus, and forced him to give up his throne. Romulus had no choice because Odoacer commanded the strongest army in the field during that historical period. Odoacer wanted the emperor position all to himself. Odoacer had also recently killed Augustus' father in battle in order to finally seize power.
Augustus accepted the offers, and simply retired to an imperial villa, spending his last days in aristocratic idleness and degeneracy – until he too died not long after. Odoacer proved that he was a strong and powerful dictator-leader. But like all political contests, the most ambitious and heinous often win the prizes. Another German-Roman general with an even stronger army, named Theodoric, then killed Odoacer, and took over the Roman throne.
The last Western Roman king had already represented the great fool of empire. His name was taken from the founder of Rome, Romulus, and the other name, from the first Roman emperor, Augustus. The respect given to him was minimal since he was still an adolescent when crowned, and his father put the boy on the throne.
Most Romans referred to such an 'emperor' as Momylus Augustulus, which meant the 'little disgraceful emperor.' The one year emperor kid did get his ugly mug stamped on the debased Roman gold coins however, which proclaimed 'prosperity and victory' underneath the mug face.
Always remember the six laws of history – irony is everywhere. Even before his removal from the throne, most Romans knew that the western part was ready to end. Saint Augustine had finished his book, The City of God, which explained such a collapse, about 40 years before.
We see the complex nature of historical collapses. What about the current imperial monstrosity, the Amerikan Empire of Sociopaths? It is collapsing right now as of writing this essay – but it is of a very different type of collapse.
Think of its coming collapse as millions of balloons filled with a strange gas slowly suffocating human heads; but instead of slowly deflating – they are slowly inflating. Eventually, such sick balloons filled with an even greater amount of putrid gases – will burst their holes.
Many writers on the Internet have surmised that the elites seem oblivious to such a coming collapse within the Amerikan Empire. This is not true. The Amerikan political-economic elites are very much aware that a collapse is immanent and this is the reason the US government has been stockpiling weapons in all of its federal agencies – including the Department of Education!
The Federal, state and municipal governments have continually supported increase police repression: on the roads, in the schools, at public events, and on the sidewalks. The Federal Government has increased TSA harassment in the airports, and for those living near international borders, Border Patrol harassment on road checkpoints. This is also the reason the elites are incessantly trying to legally strangle the last holdout amendment on the Bill of Rights: the Second Amendment. All of these gradual methods soften the wills of our less courageous citizens in fighting such abuses.
Yet, like good sociopaths, they are desperately trying to hide their evil visages through passing more bogus reform laws and legislation. These Amerikan politician tactics are only slowly suffocating their victims.
For example, our self-proclaimed leaders increase minimum wages, yet regularly cut unemployment benefits – and refuse any monetary help to the permanently unemployed. They want more overtime pay for workers, yet they increase the legalization of illegal immigrant workers, and then allow whatever Amerikan industry to hire more foreign workers on the H-1B and F-I visa systems.
The corporate mainstream media blame us for not spending more, yet our saved capital sits in the zero interest rate banks, which only decreases our savings annually. The pundits demand that we work harder, meanwhile the only growth industries are government hack jobs and service industry McJobs. The highest paid workers are the ones that do no useful work. The top dogs only administrate and act the executive.
The politicians offer supposed tax rebates after filing returns, yet they also increase the allowed taxable income amounts each year – on all Americans, whether they can pay or not pay. The US government wants more Americans to own homes, yet both rental and buying costs keep going up as wage salaries keep dropping, inflation continues to increase, and property taxes almost never drop. The only exceptions represent distant, agricultural rural areas.
There's more to this deceitful madness. The elites offer us the vote, as long as we vote for either Product R or Product D every few years. The same state apparatus in D.C. wants more people attending rip-off, expensive higher education courses through taking out student loans with low-interest rates. But this same cabal will never mandate that those same 'schools' guarantee any future employment for the millions of suckers now caught in the debt slavery prison.
The state criminals want opportunities for the millions of ex-cons without any future. At the same time however, the US Congress and state legislatures deluge the law books with thousands of more possible felonies, which in turn, increase the prisoner population to become the highest in the world – and even the highest in world history!
Those same political cliques love to start various wars and murder millions across the globe – and of course, they truly love 'thanking our veterans'. But if our veterans have the label 'disabled' through the corrupt Veterans Administration system, then why do they want to take away their gun rights – and even deny certain medical plans?
For the sake of this essay, I will not continue the list. But hopefully all readers can understand how the balloons with the strange gases have already strangled so many human heads both inside and outside its latex infernos. The stifling contradictions and inconsistencies of the Monster have only augmented.
We might think we are safe – but sociopaths always look for newer victims. We are on the list too – but so are they. All inflated and deflated balloons eventually pop – and so will this group. Once the first hole opens, the strange gas will spread forth everywhere – it will become a strange collapse indeed. Emperor Kid, Romulus Augustulus should be so lucky.


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Richard Griffiths (31 July 1947 - 28 March 2013) was the actor who portrayed Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films. He was married to Heather Gibson.
Griffiths acting career began on radio and the classical stage where he built up an early reputation as a Shakespearean clown, with larger-than-life portrayals of Henry VIII, Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company just a few of his standout credits. The son of deaf mute parents, he learned sign language at an early age and, interestingly enough, developed a talent for dialects which allowed him to show off in a number of ethnic portrayals. Griffiths has been appearing in films since 1975 both in Britain and abroad, his most acclaimed roles have been in both contemporary and period pieces. Griffiths also played the part of a police detective-cum-restaurant owner and chef in Pie in the Sky.
2004 - Won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Hector in The History Boys at the National Theatre (Lyttleton) (London).
He was awarded the 2006 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as "Hector" in Alan Bennett's The History Boys.
Past performances/earlier career Griffiths was considered by the producers of Doctor Who for the role of the Doctor himself, however, the original series did not continue from 1989.
He has been in over sixty productions in both films and theatre.
He also starred with Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) in the British-Film made for TV, Ballet Shoes.
Harry Potter career
Griffiths played the magic-disliking Uncle Vernon, who is married to Aunt Petunia, father to Dudley Dursley, brother to Aunt Marge, and uncle of Harry Potter. He had appeared in five of the films in the series. His part was written out altogether in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. His part in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 was also greatly reduced. He mentioned that he will miss the Dursleys very much now that the series is over.
Mobile phones
Richard Griffiths has been known to take public issue with mobile/cell phones ringing in the audience during his stage performances.
June 2005: he ordered a man out of the National Theatre, London, when his mobile phone went off for the sixth time during a performance of Alan Bennett's The History Boys. The actor stopped in the middle of his lines, fixed the offender with an icy stare and said: "I am asking you to stand up, leave this auditorium and never, ever come back". Other members of the audience applauded as the man left the theatre.
October 2005: Was performing in the stage play Heroes in London's Wyndham Theatre when a lady's mobile phone kept ringing in the audience. After it rang a third time, he stopped the play and - to loud applause - had her ejected from the theatre.
May 2006: When a mobile rang out for the third time during his performance as Hector, a teacher, in Alan Bennett's The History Boys at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York, Griffiths rounded on the theatregoer and thundered: "I am not going to compete with these electronic devices. You were told to turn them off by the stage manager; you were told it was against the law. If we hear one more phone go off, we'll quit this performance. You have been warned."
Personal life
Griffiths was married to Heather Gibson. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours.
Griffiths died at the University Hospital Coventry on 28 March 2013, from complications due to heart surgery.[1]
Behind the scenes
- By coincidence, his birthday was the same as that of Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling, 31st July.
- Griffiths appeared together with fellow Harry Potter film star Frances de la Tour (Olympe Maxime) in the 2011 film Hugo (a film adaptation of Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret), in which Griffith's character, Monsieur Frick, served as a love interest for de La Tour's character, Madame Emilie.
External links
- Richard Griffiths at the Internet Movie Database
- Richard Griffiths at the Internet Broadway Database
- Actors On Performing Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing, April 2006


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In 1978, Nilsen was a young newspaper reporter in northernmost New Hampshire. He wrote an editorial calling for the creation of a grand hiking trail spanning the length of Coos County.
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User's Guide to Sunday, Oct. 30. Oct. 23 issue feature.
Oct. 30 is the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time. Nov. 1, All Saints' Day, is a holy day of obligation. Nov. 2 is All Souls' Day, the commemoration of all the faithful departed; it is a day to pray for the poor souls in purgatory.
Halloween is sometimes a challenge for Catholics. There are many strategies families have for coping:
The Holyween Strategy. Dress the kids as saints. We were always enthusiastic participants in the Holyween party at our Connecticut parish. We found our younger kids loved dressing up as St. Michael, St. Joan of Arc, etc. The downside: They never got to experience trick-or-treating.
The Family Dress-Up Strategy. Other costumes we have used include whole-family dress-up themes. We have been the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Seven Cardinal Virtues; and we won an award once for dressing up all eight kids as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
The Purgatory Strategy. Let the kids dress up like souls in purgatory or martyrs. For years we have dressed up our lawn with skeletons and gravestones with signs that say "Pray for the Souls in Purgatory."
The Tasteful Trick-or-Treater. What we have been doing lately is the "tasteful trick-or-treater." The kids dress up like football players (Kansas City Chiefs!) or a juice box, a raisin or an Indian (at which point we just go ahead and make them Blessed Kateri) etc.
Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10; Psalms 131:1, 2, 3; 1 Thessalonians 2:7-9, 13; Matthew 23:1-12
Our Take
This Sunday's readings have a lot of great practical advice about the priest scandals.
Priests: Focus on the Gospel. The first reading gives advice to Old Testament priests. The prophet Malachi warns, "You have turned aside from the way and have caused many to falter by your instruction. … I, therefore, have made you contemptible and base before all the people, since you do not keep my ways." A modern application of that is simple. There are relatively few priests who have abused people in their care — the most widespread failing is the many who fail to teach the full Gospel.
Flock: Remember the good priests. There were scandalous priests in the early Church, too. St. Paul says to focus on the priests who did as he did — who were "gentle among you, as a nursing mother cares for her children," but also capable of "toil and drudgery, working night and day in order not to burden any of you." In our day, too, there are many good priests who care for us at the worst moments of our lives and who work late serving our parishes.
Flock: Look at the faith, not the men. The last piece of advice is to not put ultimate faith in priests in any case. In Jesus' day, he felt it necessary to say, "Do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example." He went on to say: "Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called 'Master'; you have but one master, the Christ." He wasn't condemning the practice of using the title "Father" — after all, Sts. Stephen and Paul both use it in the New Testament. Jesus is condemning the clericalism that makes the priest the center of our faith instead of leaving him in his proper place as a minister who helps us follow Christ, the true center of our faith.
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The palette on the look sheet read so fresh you could feel it: Powder Blue, Chalk, Lavender, Sun Yellow, White Cotton, Misty Blue, Citrus. Everything sounded so clean and light – if you closed your eyes you could see the intense and softly bright washed-out effect of early afternoon sunlight on the tennis courts. Perhaps this shimmering pastel glow hits us under the fading nostalgia for olympic torchlight and a renewed worldwide reverence for our athletes, held as the most exemplary human specimens, standards of strength and achievement and free from impurities. Venus and Serena showed us that athleticism need not be drab or all function no fashion, that world class athletes are as fast moving and relevant as the outfits that armor them. There were also no echoes of grunge in this collection, with clean looks radiating in the bright palette down to the slicked and cropped hair, a stray from the normally layered and grayer Chai of past seasons.
Dazed Digital: Where did this collection come from?
Richard Chai: I think it's coming off last season that was inspired more by menswear and being androgynous. I just kind of wanted to go the opposite way. There was a collection in between that was Resort and I played a lot with things that were a bit athletic and sporty. I think I just got pushed and evolved to this next level, which is great.
DD: Did you watch a lot of Olympics?
Richard Chai: I did, and I think subconsciously there's probably still a lot of that in me. When you look at athletic pieces of clothing, I think that they're really beautifully made. It's taking those ideas and translating them to a fashion that's refined and youthful and amazing. More and more I tend to be dressing athletes and having them attend my shows, it's sort of this new territory for me so maybe that has something do with it as well.
DD: Where did the palette come from?
Richard Chai: I just wanted things to be light and fresh, that's where my head's been at recently. I started off with a lot of the powder blues and the whites, then the citrusy kind of yellows. Then I always have to end with something that's a bit tough and a bit dark. Those were the dark grays and the embellishments and mixing the weird prints together.
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Frito-Lay, after realizing how much energy it takes for its factories to make (not to mention eat) potato chips, has announced that it will take an Arizona factory off the grid.
The design is capable of reducing electricity and water consumption 90%. And the company was only aiming for a 50% reduction. In total, greenhouse gas reduction could be at up to 75%.
The factory has a totally revolutionary design.
Most waste produced by the factory can be and will be used. Potato peelings will be used to fertilize farmland. Filters will recycle wastewater and use it to power the factory. Other wastewater will be burned to produce methane to power boilers.
The factory also does the small things. More fuel efficient ovens have been purchased, along with vacuum hoses to absorb moisture from the taters. Less moisture allows the potatoes to be cooked using less heat, thereby saving electricity. Heat from heat stacks will be recaptured and reused. Skylights light up the whole factory.
Renewable energy will power much of the plant. 50 acres of solar concentrators are to be built behind the plant for energy, and a biomass generator will burn agricultural waste to produce even more energy.
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Posted by Jane at 10:07 PM
Labels: valentines
6 comments:
- *~Petra~* said...
That is genius! We are giving our kids money for valentines, so I will be for sure doing this! Thanks. :)
Oh, and that cake? Holy cow!!!!
- February 14, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- Joni said...
Wow, your sister-in-law is so talented, that cake is gorgeous. And what a fun idea from g-ma.
- February 14, 2011 at 10:04 AM
- Katie said...
LOVE those dollars!! I acted just like Anna Kate & Andie when I first saw them. Grandma Susan has done it again!
And that cake! I hope you didn't EAT it - It's too pretty to touch!
- February 14, 2011 at 6:21 PM
- Maryann said...
The other day I was complimented on how creative I was. I smiled and in my head said, "Little does she know, all I do is copy everything the Foutz family does!! Hee hee!"
I love having creative family. And you bet I will be using the dollar thing in the future and trying to pass it off as my own idea.
The cake? Well... unfortunately I simply cannot duplicate that even in my dreams so I may have to consider printing this picture and showing people "the cake I made".
- February 15, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Dan and Melissa said...
Jane I miss you and your sweet family!
Hope you're all doing well.
It's amazing how talented you and all the women in your family are!
- February 15, 2011 at 12:07 PM
- Aunt Marilyn said...
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October 21, 2003, 01:58 PM »
As many of you have reported, Dark Horizons posted the following:
"One of my pals at ILM told me a few days back that another trilogy 'might' happen. This is the sequel trilogy that Lucas said he'd never do. It's very very early days yet, but apparently there is some talk, even to the point of Mr Spielberg - who was interested in doing 'Clones' at one point - stepping in for Lucas, who may want to write, but probably won't want to direct. If Lucas doesn't they'll probably work out a deal for say Frank Darabont to pen (ala the current "Indiana Jones IV" arrangement). This one would be the three films following Return of the Jedi, Han Solo, Skywalker, post-Darth etc. How hard of a time are they going to have on their hands getting some of those original players! ha ha! finally a fitting use for CGI hey? The deal is everyone wants the sequels, except Lucas, who is apparently exhausted [Personally I'd say studio pressure]. If Spielberg directs, it could be ok. Better than those terrible prequel movies".
Our thoughts? Well, there have been rumors about a sequel trilogy for as long as there's been Star Wars. However, we have yet to hear any rumblings on this. Lucas has also publicly stated that he's done with Star Wars after Episode III. He wants to move on to other projects. Plus, there's no way they're going to be able to get Harrison Ford to play Han Solo again without generous sums of cash and giving him free reign over his character.
If Dark Horizons says their source is reliable, we're inclined to believe them. Plus it seems crazy to let a multi-million dollar franchise fizzle and die after Episode III. The story still has life in it and can still generate money. Plus there are probably a long line of excellent writers and directors who would love to play in a galaxy far, far away that Lucas wouldn't have to get that involved with. After all, he's allowing the Clone Wars cartoons to play in the universe without him and he seems to be pleased with the results. The same goes with the Star Wars fan films.
Anyway, don't put too much stock in this rumor yet, but don't flush it away either. After all, Lucas has been known to change his mind...from time to time. (Did Greedo shoot first?!?)
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It's interesting to hear (again), but I'm not going to hold my breath for it to happen. I haven't cared much for the prequels personally, so if a "final trilogy" was made I'd pray it would be more like the originals. That won't happen with George at the helm though. But if Spielberg could take over the reigns, do the dialogue, keep the CG more low key, and push George on a more compelling story, then I'd say they'd have a good chance.
I almost fear the thought though, and what that would mean for my collecting for another 15 years.
But I think that if Spielberg helmed the project, there'd be a decent chance at bringing back the big 3 if they were still needed - Han, Luke, Leia. Probably not in the starring roles, but as mentors and leaders to the new blood of the Rebellion. Still a long way off though, I'd imagine. But you just know that George will want to revisit his SW universe after delivering more future flops akin to Howard the Duck, Willow, Radioland Murders, etc.
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If they do this I'd rather see someone other than Lucas direct it. I don't mind Lucas coming up with a story but just get another guy to direct this time. See what they come up with.
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October 22, 2003, 12:07 PM »
I can't see Ford returning for this noway nohow...really I don't have much interest in this arc either. I think the whole story has been told (of Anakin) and while they could continue on with something and have Hammill be back as Luke, it would feel so EU to me that I'd rather just let it end. Close this chapter of my life and be happy with what we have.
I see the $$$ behind all of this though and studio pressure and see how it could happen
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I too hope these are just rumors. My wallet cant take this for another 20 years
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Add me to the "Let it end" list.
A TV series, maybe with a mix of CGI and whatnot, completely animated in some format though... That's what I'd not mind (It'd be EU still, and just something fun to keep the series going). if done right, this could be great really.
Kind of like the rave reviews Clone Wars is getting, but on a larger scale than just 3-4 minute segments.
3 new movies though? With actors who are showing their age at this point? Nah... not interesting.
Sure there's tons of story left to tell, but let the EU people tell it and save it for TV at the most, but not more films... Anakin's dead, so the Lucas side of the universe is dead with it I think after ROTJ.
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October 23, 2003, 12:03 AM »
Wouldn't this fit well with the Hasbro License though? 2018?
Juggle the years a bit to better fit the licencse?
Though from a Hasbro point of view (toys) it doesn't make much sense. There already seems to be a movement back towards OT (acknowledgement that collectors are buying, not kids??) so how much life could there be?
I'd be fine with it stopping after III as well. The movies are fun, but there's a point where people will just roll their eyes at the prospect.
How's this for a downright spooky concept? I was 13 when Star Wars came out. IF, and it's a big if, they stayed on the timeline of every 3 years I will be 50 when Episode IX is released.
Gee, I wonder what my generation would be defined by in 100 years time?
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I think at this point I'd have to agree that Episodes 7-9 would feel like a tacked-on sequel in the vein of Jaws 2 or Alien 3. There just aren't the loose ends as of ROTJ--the story will need to generate a new antagonist as well as new heroes, and at that point I feel like it's not a continuation, but something else, milking the cash cow or something.
As it stands, the two trilogies
tell the story of Anakin Skywalker, period. If there are going to be more movies, I'd prefer them to be titled something stand-alone rather than be Episode Whatever.
The original Star Wars story is done, but they could tell another.
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I don't see it happening. If it did, I don't see it being good, either. Lucas was a good director and storyteller, and since he hasn't done much of either lately... I can't really imagine him putting together and directing 3 more SW films.
I'm not bashing Lucas, I'm just saying that I think he's run dry with the Star Wars franchise.
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